Aurora police have arrested a man involved in a crash with off-duty Littleton police officer on Monday on charges of vehicular homicide and driving while under the influence.

Jemal Abdelkader Dawed, 37, was also charged with careless driving and failure to yield the right of way. He was being held in the Arapahoe County jail on $50,000 bail. Dawed, who did not appear to have a criminal record, makes his first court appearance Friday.

He is accused of causing the collision with Officer Kevin Denner at about 11:30 a.m. Monday while Denner was riding his motorcycle off duty.

Denner is survived by his father, a wife, and two young children, ages 8 and 9.

Denner worked for the Littleton Police Department for about 10 years, police Cmdr. Trent Cooper said. He started out as a patrol officer then spent more than seven years as a detective before returning to the streets.

Many at the police department were having a hard time Tuesday dealing with the death of a colleague.

“We’re a small department of only 70 officers, and he’s been here for 10 years,” Cooper said. “You get to know each other pretty well, so it’s difficult for all of us.”

“It was a good fit for him, his interest in technology and being a family man himself,” Cooper said.

The fatal crash happened at the intersection of East Belleview Avenue and South De Gaulle Street, said Lt. Jeff Turner, an Aurora Police Department spokesman.

The motorcycle that Denner was riding was westbound on Belleview, and the car, a Toyota, was heading eastbound when the car made a left turn to go north on De Gaulle, cutting off the motorcycle, Turner said.

The motorcycle hit the passenger side of the Toyota.

The driver of the car stayed at the scene and was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Denner died at the scene.

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